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Orlando Di Lasso's Imitation Magnificats for Counter-Reformation Munich
David Crook
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Description for Orlando Di Lasso's Imitation Magnificats for Counter-Reformation Munich
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 312 pages, 3 figs. 39 music examples. BIC Classification: AVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
After the Mass Ordinary, the Magnificat was the liturgical text most frequently set by Renaissance composers, and Orlando di Lasso's 101 polyphonic settings form the largest and most varied repertory of Magnificats in the history of European music. In the first detailed investigation of this repertory, David Crook focuses on the forty parody or imitation Magnificats, which Lasso based on motets, madrigals, and chansons written by such composers as Josquin and Rore. By examining these Magnificats in their social, historical, and liturgical contexts and in terms of composition theory, Crook opens a new window on the breadth and subtlety of ... Read more
After the Mass Ordinary, the Magnificat was the liturgical text most frequently set by Renaissance composers, and Orlando di Lasso's 101 polyphonic settings form the largest and most varied repertory of Magnificats in the history of European music. In the first detailed investigation of this repertory, David Crook focuses on the forty parody or imitation Magnificats, which Lasso based on motets, madrigals, and chansons written by such composers as Josquin and Rore. By examining these Magnificats in their social, historical, and liturgical contexts and in terms of composition theory, Crook opens a new window on the breadth and subtlety of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Legacy Library
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691630939
SKU
V9780691630939
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Reviews for Orlando Di Lasso's Imitation Magnificats for Counter-Reformation Munich
"Crook's study contains a wealth of detail, and its significance reaches beyond the narrow confines that its title might suggest... The study is an important contribution to our understanding of Lasso's compositional process and to the reevaluation of Catholic church music of the immediate post-Tridentine period."
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